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Well Celebrity just lost some money on me. LOL. They just lowered the upgrade price for the Classic to Premium drinks from my original purchase of 9.99 per person per day to 6.99 per person per day. Took that money and ran! I figure I will just donate the extra OBC to the casino, or maybe I might catch a hot roller and turn that 50 bucks into a small fortune! (But I highly doubt that!) Today was just one of those days. I had a client of mine just keep asking question after question for about an hour and a half. Usually these closing meetings takes me about 15-20 minutes tops. I guess I just hit one of those outliers on the bell curve of life. Humans are fun creatures! It was a large sale, so I just sat there and answered all the concerns, and just chalked it up to just one of those things. I had the misfortune of asking my wife while she was napping if she did something with my gadgets for photography and video taking. I was going to pack it away for the cruise. She said she did not see it, so I decided to order it on Amazon and it got here today. When the wife opened up the package she proceeded to ask me this evening why I bought a second one of the gadgets, and I told her I couldn't find the other one and I asked her if she swiped it and placed it somewhere outside of my normal spot, and she said nope... She then asked me when did I ask her that question... I proceeded to say, "Well you were in bed about to fall asleep for the evening..." and that's when it hit me.. I should have asked when she was a bit more lucid.. Well, I can always use a second... I guess. Now she has one for her camera too, I guess... I guess as time goes on we will have more of these senior moments. The dentist called today and told my wife that the lab broke her new choppers.. She is so sad! She was hoping to be able to use them on this cruise.. oh well... Temp dentures it will be over the 4 on top 4 on bottom posts. I really feel for her. But maybe when we are on the Ascent in January she will be all set. I'm still looking around for a good idea to do in Cabo. We like snorkeling, but I'm afraid that the water will be too cold. I'm a big guy and finding a wet suit that will fit might be difficult. I don't want to look like 10 lb of bologna stuffed into a 5 lb sausages casing. I might get arrested for scaring the tourists for life. I might just wing it and choose something at the docks. To close the evening update, here is a fun pic the last time we were down in Cabo with the boys who are now 19

Don't believe it is. Its the Portmeirion Botanical Garden rim pattern. Pretty nice every day dishes. Love them.

I will be creating a short video room tour for you to consider 🙂

Hmm For some strange reason my photo didn't upload well.. If anyone wanted to see my dinner pic from last night LOL

Well, I didn't finish packing, so that's one more thing I need to do tomorrow, in addition to going to the bank to get my various denomination of bills for tipping cash while on board. What's your standard break down? I usually bring 100.00 in singles to throw around to people who run for our drinks, and the bartenders if I'm sitting at the bar. about 15 five dollar bills , and about 10, 10s. Outside of my normal extra tipping for my room steward, waiters, etc. I have been thinking about playing a bit more in the Casino on the craps table, trying to score a "free" cruise. I think I found a system that might rack me up a decent amount of points and protect my bankroll a bit. We will soon find out. I'm not a huge gambler and once I feel like I'm board I stop. I'm not the kind of person that can just zone out. I like math and watching people, so poker is more my game, but I have a hard time dealing with the Rake in poker on ships, and you just do not get any comp points what so ever. I did not get a tremendous amount of sleep last night so this is going to be a short one. Since I will be manning my new DJI pocket 2 camera I have been falling down the YouTube rabbit hole figuring out all the cool things I can do with this camera, and my sleep is suffering. I also just got my wife a DJI OM 4 SE phone gimble to take additional video that I can edit together to come up with all sorts of vlogs, shorts, pics for this live as well as my growing YouTube community. When I was in college I was behind a mic a lot for both gigging and in radio. I was also very into photography for a long time. So this YouTube thing hits my creative buttons pretty nicely. Now I just need to find a good group of people to play some music with on a regular basis. Trying on clothing is telling me I have gotten way to heavy again. I was pushing 400 lbs. not to long ago and dropped about 85 lbs. and now I almost gained it all back. Shows you what happens when you stop walking. I need to find just 90 minutes a day to move my fat butt around more. I want to be cruising till my 80s so this weight needs to go. It's been a struggle my whole life. I love my bread and pasta way to much.. Oh and cheese, and steaks, and ... I guess I like everything. Dang you expanded pallet! I guess I will leave you with a pic of the dinner I made tonight. Made from scratch Fresh Pesto Tortellini. Didn't have the time to make the Tortellini by hand, That's a good 3 hour adventure. I wonder if we will have a pesto on the ship, and I wonder if mine would be better. It usually is vs most restaurants here in Utah, but it is Utah...

Not a problem. I hear you on the first night. Luggage delays and all that.

Packing in the garage is a great idea! It will probably stress out the pups a lot less. Congrats on your pet sitting business. You should talk to my wife when on board, its one of her dreams to operate a business such as that. I told her, not until we have a decent chunk of land.

Very true, The pandemic caused people to buy things and upgrades for their homes. Now that disposable income has shifted to experiences. This is across multiple generations including the very monied ones.

I know quite a few people who literally can not spend their money fast enough to make it go in the negative direction and they are right in the 55-65 age group that Celebrity has been targeting heavily for their edge class ships. They are not "suckers" or "saps" they just have literally a boatload of money (pun intended) and they will spend. the difference between 7k and 12k to them is insignificant to them. If they want it and they feel it's worth the 12k they will buy it, even if it was 7k before. They will say "back then it was a bargain." Heck they might even feel that 12k is a bargain right now and that is what is causing the price increases by Celebrity. They are figuring out what that top number is by ticking up the cost till these folks don't feel it's a worth the price of admission anymore. Because believe it or not, there is a decent amount of these people out there. I'm not one of them, but it is what it is.

Looks amazing! We will be on her next week and cant wait. Thanks for getting us even more pumped up for this cruise!

I will never let the world dictate to me how I wish to spend my time. I will adapt and adjust if and when Mr. Murphy shows up with his book of laws.

So today I have been a very busy beaver... I'm so going to need this cruise. I feel like I'm working in hyper speed to make sure I get all my loose ends closed up at my 9-5 job so my teams can move froward while I'm away, and then after an exhausting day in the office, I came home to do some accounting work for our small business and update my customer relation management software with all the work that came in over the weekend and place everything in the pipeline and get everyone's requests taken care of. It's now 10:23 PM and I finally think I can breath! Amazon was kind and got me all my clothing I purchased in on time.. But I forgot my new underwear. Amazon Prime to the rescue. I don't know about you, but when I cruise, that's my cue to purchase new draws for me. LOL.. I don't know why.. I guess its nice to have fresh ones when on vacation, and I kind of don't like keeping them around for more than 3-4 months. Is that wired? My wife sure thinks it is. My wife has been patiently waiting for her new teeth.. They were suppose to be finally finished on October 16th, but we are still waiting.. The dentist told her they will probably receive them on Thursday, and we are scheduled to drive out to LA on Friday!!! She is adamant about getting them in her mouth on Friday if they cant take her on Thursday.. But I'm so afraid that will really cut it close. The drive to LA is about 10.5 hours from here and that will get us in LA at around 9:30 PM. I hate driving in the evening and I hate even more the idea of hitting Vegas at rush hour. I'm trying to figure out how I can let her down softly. She has been going through this mouth reconstruction since January, so I feel for her. Tomorrow I will finish packing and seeing what does not need to go or go. Tweaking here and there. I wish men can wear nice golf shorts in the Celebrity MDR. But it is what it is, so I will be packing at least 6 pairs of slacks with me on this cruise and double up 2x I guess. I will only be wearing the pants from 4:30 to 1:00AM so its like only a half day.. Right? LOL My wife forgot about the no shorts thing in the MDR/Theater and now she is scrambling with her ensembles. OK now I feel like I'm officially caught up, since I finished this update. My dogs know something is up and it's not good for them. They are being especially needy right now. The minute I sit down, they lay down on the lap and fall asleep telling me in there way YOU ARE DONE WITH THIS PACKING STUFF RIGHT NOW. YOU WILL NOT WAKE US TO CONTINUE... RIGHT?

I will be for both Halloween and Day of the Dead.

Love this!! I been tracking the weather and its looking pretty darn nice!

Ship is going to Cabo from this weeks cruise. 🙂 So we should be good. I saw a similar post about someone's shore excursion was cancelled. Wasn't through Celebrity, but Viator. The vendor cancelled. Not sure why..

I was looking for a whale watch, but unfortunately they do not run till after Mid November. Takes time for them to get back down there from Alaska I guess.

You can take video when closed

Yep. I will take a video of the entire casino when closed.

Great Pic! Congrats on your move up win. Please thank your wife from us for her service both as a Sr Master Sergeant and as a police Sergeant! We will be on the look out for you. Please seek us out and start up a conversation. We love meeting new people!

Thanks! We get natural smiles when we are at sea.

It’s going to be fun! I hope Cabo is ok for us after the hit by the hurricane this weekend.

No luck for me. I’m all updated and still no menu.

Awesome! Can’t wait to meet ya! Here is a pic of me and my wife Sheryl in case anyone wants to spot us onboard. Looks like we found tow folks on this cruise with us!

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I'm just hoping for a good cruise planner sale. The booking sales all tend to be the same, just wrapped up in different marketing spin.